‘Marina’ feel-good movie with strong message (Tamil Movie Review)
February 5th, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Marina"; Cast: Siva Karthikeyan , Oviya, 'Pakada' Pandian, Sundararajan, Jitan Mohan, Attakati Aarumugam, Jayashree; Director: Pandiraj; Cinematographer: Vijay; Composer: Girish G; Rating: ***National award winning director Pandiraj has tried to ... Read more...
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Model of India’s biggest mosque unveiled
January 30th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), Jan 30 (IANS) The model of what is billed as India's biggest mosque -- accommodating 25,000 in its courtyard -- was unveiled here Monday.The mosque is to come ... Read more...
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Private tuitions by government teachers an offence: Tripura government
January 3rd, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 3 (IANS) The Tripura government, in a strongly worded circular here Tuesday, said it will not allow its teachers to take private tuitions for students."If any government school ... Read more...
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Mayawati releases ‘white paper’ refuting corruption charges
December 16th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 16 (IANS) In a bid to give her own government a clean chit, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday released an 84-page 'white paper' refuting the allegations of ... Read more...
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US to give $35 mn to Cambodia
October 25th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Phnom Penh, Oct 25 (IANS) The US will provide about $35 million to Cambodia to help improve the country's health and the education sector, the US embassy here said Tuesday.Agreements ... Read more...
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Send a card, help a child, says Unicef
September 8th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Unicef India has tied up with greeting card company Archies to raise funds for underprivileged children in the country.With this collaboration, Archies will produce and ... Read more...
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Frankfurt Book Fair launches training campaigns in India
August 27th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The prestigious Frankfurt Book Fair is reaching out to new segment of Indian readers at the grassroots to enhance literacy and reading competence.'Jumpstart', a programme ... Read more...
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How to improve education? Bihar asks students (Feature)
July 26th, 2011 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Patna, July 26 (IANS) Vivash Kumar Jha is both nervous and excited. The overwhelming feeling of topping the Class 12 board exams had not even sunk in when the 17-year-old ... Read more...
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South African schoolkids to learn about climate change
June 30th, 2011 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, June 30 (IANS) Climate change is recognised as a global environmental problem and South Africa wants to create awareness among school children by incorporating environmental studies into the curricula, ... Read more...
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Germany gives Rs.10 lakh for girl child education
April 20th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Germany has given Rs.10 lakh as a grant for basic education of the girl child in Haryana's Mewat district.German Ambassador Thomas Matussek and director of ... Read more...
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China’s Second Artillery Force has both nuclear, conventional missiles: White Paper
March 31st, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar.31 (ANI): China has issued a White Paper on national defense, which states that its People's Liberation Army's Second Artillery Force (SAF) has both nuclear and conventional missiles.China aims to enhance ... Read more...
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Principal suspended for molesting girl students
March 5th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 5 (IANS) The principal of a government school here was suspended Saturday on charges of molesting girl students, an official said.S.R. Verma, principal of Chandpurwa Madhyamik ... Read more...
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Delhi’s slum children to get Australian degrees
March 1st, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Delhi's slum children will now be able to study in Australia under an exchange programme between the University of Melbourne and voluntary organisation Asha, officials said here ... Read more...
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Teachers climb water tank in protest; baton charged (Lead)
February 21st, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 21 (IANS) At least 12 qualified Urdu teachers were injured here Monday after police baton charged to break their demonstration demanding appointment in schools, officials said.In a protest inspired by ... Read more...
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Urdu teachers climb water tank to press for demands
February 21st, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 21 (IANS) In a protest inspired by a Bollywood film, half a dozen qualified Urdu teachers, including three women, climbed atop a water tank just across the Uttar Pradesh assembly ... Read more...
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India’s biggest mosque to come up in Kozhikode
February 10th, 2011 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala) Feb 9 (IANS) Preliminary work to build what is billed as India's biggest mosque has begun here, thanks to the initiative of the charitable institution Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya headed ... Read more...
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Dead soldier’s family await his body
January 12th, 2011 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Five days after a soldier died at his post in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, his family here was Tuesday still awaiting his body.Vijendra Singh, 35, ... Read more...
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Eight million kids go hungry in Pakistan
December 16th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Dec 16 (IANS) Eight million children in Pakistan are facing food shortages and 23 million kids are deprived of basic education, an official said here.An adviser to the Sindh chief minister, ... Read more...
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Canon India announces strategic e-governance initiative for Rajasthan
August 19th, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.19 (ANI-Business Wire India): Canon India Private Limited, India's No 1. Complete Digital Imaging Company today announces strategic initiatives in the field of education.Canon India along with its channel ... Read more...
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Japan’s anti-nuclear activist wins Ramon Magsaysay Award
August 2nd, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Aug 2 (DPA) A Japanese anti-nuclear activist was among the seven people chosen to receive the 2010 Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia's equivalent to the Nobel Prize, organisers said Monday.
Tadatoshi Akiba was ... Read more...
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Kerala mulling education aid for kids of jail inmates
June 7th, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kannur (Kerala), June 7 (IANS) Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Monday said the government is considering a scheme to provide financial assistance to children of jail inmates for their education.
He said ... Read more...
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder tied to low maternal education
June 2nd, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 2 (ANI): A new study of more than a million children has found strong links between receiving medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and limited maternal education, single parent ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal demand more funds for RTE
May 29th, 2010 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal Friday demanded extra grants from the central government for implementing Right to Education (RTE).
Education ministers from these three state met ... Read more...
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Bihar’s Super 30 in Time Magazine best list
May 14th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 14 (IANS) Super 30, Bihar's free coaching centre which helps economically backward students crack the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), has been selected by The Time Magazine ... Read more...
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Teachers should be better paid, says Sting
May 10th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 10 (IANS/EFE) British singer Sting, a former schoolteacher, believes that teaching "attracts the most brilliant minds of society" and therefore, teachers should be better paid.
"The level of income for ... Read more...
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School set up by Mahatma Gandhi to be upgraded
May 1st, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 1 (IANS) After years of neglect, the first Buniyadi Vidyalaya (basic school) set up by Mahatma Gandhi in Bihar's East Champaran district is to be upgraded to a 10-plus-2 school.
A ... Read more...
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UN agency and Swiss pharmaceutical firm join to fight cancer in Africa
April 29th, 2010 - 12:32 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – The United Nations (UN) announced Wednesday that their atomic energy agency and a pharmaceutical firm will join to fight cancer in sub-Saharan Africa.Education for Cancer in African ... Read more...
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India would provide 50 ‘SAARC Silver Jubilee Scholarships’: Manmohan Singh
April 28th, 2010 - 7:06 pm ICT by ANI
Thimphu (Bhutan), Apr 28 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said India would provide 50 'SAARC Silver Jubilee Scholarships' for meritorious students from SAARC LDC countries for the ... Read more...
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16-year-old girl barred from school for wearing hijab in Spain
April 17th, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
Madrid, Apr 16(ANI): A 16-year-old schoolgirl, Najwa Malha, has been banned from classes in Spain after she refused to remove her hijab (Islamic headscarf).Malha has been excluded from classes at Camilo Jose ... Read more...
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A farmer’s wife, mother of four and a student… at 43
April 12th, 2010 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
By Anil Sharma
Udaipur, April 12 (IANS) Like any other farmer's wife, 43-year-old Bhanwari Devi Prajapat works hard to make both ends meet but unlike most she dares to dream. The mother of ... Read more...
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Implement Education Act in its true spirit, kids tell MPs
February 22nd, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) For the sixth day Monday, former child labourers went door-to-door visiting parliamentarians in the capital in an attempt to sensitise them about the Right to Education Act ... Read more...
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Amartya Sen expresses concern over increasing insecurity among women
February 20th, 2010 - 10:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 20 (ANI): Noted economist Amartya Sen on Saturday expressed concern over increasing insecurity among women in the country saying that empowering women was the need of the hour.Addressing a ... Read more...
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‘Indian youth not educated enough for employment’
February 20th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Youth from several Indian states are "not educated enough for employment" as per the market demand, a study released Saturday said.
The findings also indicated that "most youth ... Read more...
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Pennsylvania’s education budget increases $354 million
February 10th, 2010 - 4:55 am ICT by BNO News
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (BNO NEWS) – Governor Edward Rendell called for a $354 million investment for Basic Education funding in order to continue Pennsylvania’s academic gains, the Governor’s Office informed on Tuesday.Education has ... Read more...
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Sibal to meet state education secretaries Thursday
January 27th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) School education in India has improved over the last few years and to boost the good work Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal will meet state education ... Read more...
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